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The Logan Allen we drafted? Who did we trade him for again? But yeah, todays start is big. If Sale looks like he did two starts ago then we can still be hopeful he’s back and just has to work on being more consistent. If he has a horrible start then it will look like we should have very low expectations
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A. If many expectations were a losing team, would t .500 be an improvement and bright spot for the future. Playing devils advocate here. In a big market like Boston 3/4 years in last place should be unacceptable. B. Who is satisfied here?
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Cleveland @ SOX 4:10PM ET
Hugh2 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Can’t pitch Wink and Jansen everyday. This is why working the bottom of the roster matters. Moves that are often highly criticized. We also see these guys in these roles be very volatile. Ort may be good one season and we will be here saying “how come we can’t get guys like that” Well, I don’t see that happening, or at least not here. Time to trim the fat. -
94 from the left side is fine. If his command is on and he’s not tipping his pitches I expect much better results from Sale today
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I forget the exact number, and it isn’t an exact science, but there’s a milestone the player development department wants a guy to reach before advancing to the next level. With pitchers, they generally want them to get a certain number of IP before they think of promoting him. He probably gets around 100 IP in AA, which means we are looking at an early July promotion. I highly doubt we see him in Boston, heck I 100% doubt it. I mean, in 2023, if he keeps this up we will see him in 2024 for sure.
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I was one of the biggest hopefuls on Yoshida when everyone else gave up on him. The reason why was because despite the stat line you could see the advance approach. K and BB rates are some of the earliest predictors of success and stabilize after a smaller sample size than most other stats. For the SAME reasons I’m sticking with Casas. The kid has an advanced approach. The stats aren’t there yet, but he passes the EYE TEST big time. Mark my words. Casas will be fine.
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So….as I’ve been saying for the past two weeks. Bello was about 3 starts behind every other starter and had no time to ramp up. I thought he would be fine after a few starts. Perspective matters
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Hey you no me, I’m not quitter, and it’s still early. Still, this team isn’t exactly inspiring me to start placing bets on a world championship. A lot has to go right this season, and so far it’s been a mixed bag. And while no injuries have been devastating, the seemingly wave of them makes one think at some point it’s going to take its toll. Lots of baseball left to play. Baseball is more fun when the Sox when.
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This was my take….until we lost the first two to the Guardians.
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I would classify Dalbec as a change of scenery guy at this point. Not unrealistic to think he can become a good second division starter for a small market team where the pressure is lower. I’d say it’s more probable than not he’s not a regular big leaguer at this point. But he has value…some value
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Inflammation of the ulnar nerve, on the inside of the elbow. If it’s serious, he will need surgery, and we can expect him back sometime late next year. If it’s not serious, he may miss two starts. Jordan Romano had this I. 2021 and only missed ten days. Reality is, we have no ideal if this is serious or not right now. Sox sound like it’s not, but I don’t blame anyone for being skeptical at this point. I am.
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Ulnar Neuritis can be a very non-serious OR very serious injury depending on how severe it is. Other players with this condition have missed only 1-2 weeks, with others it seems to be a precursor to TJS. Hopefully, they caught it early. This is exactly why in baseball you don't "Tough guy" it and play through any kind of discomfort or injury.
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And, there’s even a slimmer margin of roster fit when you don’t have a defensive home and have heavy platoon splits with the bat. To be fair. I have not looked at Emanuels platoon splits this year
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positional versatility also increases a guys value as a bench player. When you're not good enough to field a position on the regular but you have a bat, it's easier to justify your position when you can fill in multiple rolls. The thing with his bat though is he might just be a platoon guy. A multi-position platoon bat that has below-average defense isn't exactly a high-demand commodity. It would be nice to see Valdez take a step forward on at least one side of the ball. Whether that is to help Boston in Boston or in a trade.
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That usually happens when there’s not a spot in the rotation. You see, in organizations that have not been devoid from developing any talent in decades sometimes they actually accumulate talent. I think there’s a permutation of the future that has Bello in the pen this season. But they obviously view him as a starter and want him staying stretched out. That’s a good thing, not that I’d complain keeping him in Boston in the pen. But sometimes this is the life of a young rookie with options.
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We have a back up catcher. Also, Valdez likely ceiling is a bat first utility type or platoon player. Trading that potential value for immediate value might not be enough. Valdez doesn’t get you there.
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Who, in their right mind, ever said Valdez is a good defender? I’ve never heard anyone say that. All I’ve ever heard is that he is going to have to hit to play at the MLB level because his defense has fringe average potential. As in, he has the ability to maybe not be a butcher if he really works hard at it. He’s a butcher right now
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Thats what I heard about his second start, I have no ideal about his 3rd but you would think that is why the team would ask him to do that. Perhaps they think his other pitches are lagging behind the fastball. It sounds a little weird to me at this point, he should be up to speed by now after his 4th start.
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I heard after Paxtons first start his velocity was there so the team told him to throw mostly offspeed and breaking pitches afterward. THat was two starts ago, I don't know if they asked him to do that in his last start nor did I look at the pitches thrown but if that is the case....it explains a lot and leaves me less concerned.
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This was my experience with Bello. I saw him pitch in AA in 2021 and 2022, three times, and BOY what a difference a year made once he got comfortable. I don't think anyone here is giving up on Bello right now, that's not the impression I get from any poster. Maybe a disagreement on where he should be pitching right now. You'd have to be an idiot to give up on that arm.
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I think Hamilton would be better at 2nd. Problem is, we need SS.
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Hamilton has a 30 arm. He'd be the league leader in giving up infield hits at SS
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Also not sure how much “help” they needed rolling with a 6 man rotation.
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I understand that, and perhaps they didn’t have a better move, I still think it was the wrong move. He pitched two innings in spring training. So he effectively had none. And then they throw him out after one game? All the other Sox starters got about 4 starts. I’m not saying that completely explains away the poor results, but I don’t think you can rule it out either.
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1 start in AAA after having 2 IP in spring training. One start against a good team? a bad team? good hitters bad hitters? doesn't matter. He didn't ramp up like everyone else. He should have been given more time.